Saturday, September 19, 2009

Auntie Rose isn't the only one around here who's surprised by the sudden change of scenery. One minute my hunky farmguy was saying we really need to rebuild the sheep barn before it falls apart even more, I said, "It's not that bad yet, is it?" then idly wondered aloud if maybe our Amish carpenter neighbors (whose front yard produce stand has been supplementing our kitchen garden bounty) would be interested in taking on the job, and the next thing I knew measuring was under way, dates had been set, a guy from the electric company arrived to disconnect the power down there and put a new breaker box on the pole, we ordered a whole bunch of rough cut siding from the nearby Amish sawmill, large piles of money were handed over to the lumberyard and metal roofing manufacturer, a horse and buggy pulled up, and our beloved little sheep barn had been flattened (except for the rock walled feed room which we're saving).

Ah, to have an actual barn . . . my husband's big dream. Of course, if we had a real barn, we would inevitably have many, many more sheep. So I'm okay with our little sheds. Sure would be nice to have power and water in them, though.

Fun to watch REAL workers isn't it? Reassuring to know there are still people who do the work they are hired to do - and do it well. Exciting for the sheep but poor Auntie Rose really is confuzzled isn't she?

How exciting! I'd love to have a new barn for goats! We're still working on the "Hen Hilton". Should be finished in Oct. since my husband only gets to work on it every now and then. Perhaps the goat house will be a late winter project.

Wow! I got all excited scanning through the pics when I got to #4, thinking you had a horse you had oddly never mentioned. Then I realized it was an Amish horse, not yours. Oh well. Anyway, good luck building the new sheep barn!

How old was the old sheep barn? Are you going to use the old timber for some new use? I have seen some wonderful tables and floors which came from repurposed old barn timber. My great grandparents had a farm in Missouri in the 1800s. As I read your stories and see the pictures I have often wondered if it were in the same area.

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